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W. P. SLENSBY.

THIMBLE.

Patented Apr.- 14, 1885.

INVENTOR 654M117 IL: ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT I O FICE.

WILLIAM P. :SLENSB'Y, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

THIMBLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,671, dated April14, "1885.

Application filed August 16, um. man

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM,P. SLENSBY,

of Broklyn,county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Thimbles, of which the following is a completespeoification,'reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich .Figure 1 is a side View of my improved thimble. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section of the same on the line a c, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section of the same on the line (2 d, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isaperspective view there, or, and'Fig. '5 is a detailed view of thethread out by the same. v

This invention relates to a thread-cutting attachmeut to athimble;anditconsistsin forming the cutter out of the substance of the thimbleby causing a tongue to project therefrom, said tongue being bent fromthe body of the thimble, all as hereinafter more fully described. I I

Inthe drawings, one letter A representsa suitable thimble. In one sideof this thimble is formed, by a U-shaped or other'incision, atongue, B,the free end of which is bent outwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Bythis means cutting-edges are formed between the edges of the tongue Band the edges of the incision in the thimble itself from which the 'bysaid tongue, so that a gentle pull on the thread will cause it toseparate.

Inasmuch as the cutting of the thread is not ingthe thread in best formfor insertion in the When a body of the thimble, and is thereby clampedor need not be produced by drawing it along the cuttingedges, but byclamping it by means 1 0 of the tongue and then pulling it, the threadis not cut'clean across, asit would be by shears or knife, but isdismembered in a tapering fashion, as is shown in Fig. 5, therebyleavnew of a needle. This saves a sewer much trouble in threadingneedles, and is a great advantage for that reason alone.

The invention is also of use because the cutter is at all times inconvenient position, and when used will tend to draw the thimble tightupon the finger, instead of tending to displace it, as is the casewithcntters on thimbles that have heretofore been proposed.

What I mean bythe "body of the thimble in this specification is theround body of metal which constitutes the thimble proper, or any 'roundpiece of metal which may be attached thereto, and from which the tongueBis made G. G. M. THOMAS, AUGUST SCHLASBAUM.

